The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-07-07
MINNESOTA NEWS,
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! fefnoms Otter Tall Co., special: C0n01d.
cradle 10 being said in tho newspapers 70.
Last fall, just after harvest, quite mum.
Tor Of the little pests were noticed in The
wheat stubble. Nothing much was thought
OF this and the matter WAS soon forgotten.
Az soon 40 warm weather came this spring,
however, people found that tho hoppers Of
the fall before had laid their egeo and
thousands OF these small insects were
Matching out every day. They commenced
BY eating down the grain on three or four
little prairie Of which Perham 10 the center,
and - soon - they were able TO fly, scat
tered over all the prairie, which IL four
miles In circumietenee, whsfs they have
been 1T work ever since. Whenever there 10
q favorable wind large numbers OF them
leave. Their depredatione have not OF.
tended into the timbered districts yet, but
are confined to the p1airie: section beidrS
mentioned: The damage done will not OK.
eeed i Thousand acres: The merchants
hefs feel no apprehension:
Pensions issued I'd. eitiseas 81 Minnesota
SNancy, mother ]: 8. Higley, Morristown.
Original: A: Killer. Farming; w. w. swath.
wood, St. Cloud; J. Abbott, St. Paul; NJ.
knopp, Winona. Increase: j. Harring.
ton, Minneapolis; W. O'Brien, Corcoran:
E. Rathbun, Wykoff; w. H. Bcardsiey,
Cltheral.
A party OF surveyors have completed
the work OF laying out the village OF Grand
Marais, Cook county, for Milwaukee cor
| poration, styled Grand Marais Real Es-
tate and improvement company. The
new village is near the present town OF
Grand Marais.
Bishop Gilbert and other distinguished
rnom flnra IT tho Fv,so~o~o1 r1n
ted St. Luke's church at Hastings.
and Wedge, Wilcox and Blackmer Of AL:
| bert Lea performed the very rare operation
OF moving gall bladder, which contained
sixteen stones, from Mrs. l. c. Lewis, aged
thirty five years.
Patents issued to citizens oi Minnes ota
IF. w. Baffet, Minneapolis, thil coup.
| ling; j. Bette, Jordan, animal catcher; f:
tindesen, Fergus Falls. barrow; G. F. Hell.
lwell, Minneapolis, machine for fastening
sacks; J; Rigley, Minneapolis, gas expand
! ed and shade holder.
T., The Minnesota 4 Nort hwsatefn road has
| three surveying parties in tho field between
Duluth and st. Paul locating lines. The
work on the surveys is expected be com.
pleted early in the foil, and the route OF
the road selected at once.
| Frank Stafford of May vile, while intoxi-
Gated, sat down on the track OF the Mani.
toba, short distance this side of Osakis,
and was killed.
The railroad commissioners listened to
a series OF complaints against tho Milwau.
kee road, and received from that company
demurrer to the charges OF unequal and
unjust rates brought against it by the
| board OF trade unions OF Owatonna, Fari-
bault, Dundas, Mortified and Farming.
ton. For these towns J. NJ. Burlingame OF
Owatonna, 0. +. Perkins ofNorthfield and
A. d. keves OF Faribault appeared.
Fire in Mccarthy & Donnelly's undertak.
ing store at St. Paul caused a loss oil
$4,000.
A son OF j. Quamme, living near Can
non Falls, was kicked by horse recently
from the effects of which he died.
Many farmers in Winona county are cut
| ting their wheat green for hay to save
it from the ravages Of the chinch bug.
This pest ne yer was 60 bold as it 10 this
year. Having about ruined the small
grnins in somo localities, they are attack.
Ing the corntields
Jacob Kirwel, OF Fergus Falls, Was fined
and sentenced to ten days imprisonment
for selling a key OF beer on Sunday.
Hon. VIM. Window has been elected
president OF the Lake Superior CONSOLIDATE
| ed Iron Company.
The Salvation army has taken possess
sion OF the Camp Meeting grounds ut Red
Rock, near St. Paul. and makes a good
deal OF music OF various kinds.
The Minnesota State Editorial associa-
| ton will meet in twent ieth annual session
at Anoka July Is.
The annual business meeting OF tho Min
| nesota I'D Fellows Mutual business So
ciety was held at St. Paul. The officers
elected for the following year were: presi.
dent, Joseph Burgfeld, st. Paul; vice presi-
dent, DR.. J. c. Cockburne, Minnsap polls;
treasurer: DIR. Richie, medical director,
and l. V: ID. Heard, attorney. The office
Of general agent, formerly filled by Walter
| Q. Dye OF Winona was abandoned. The
following directors wero elected for one
year.. August Ende, Joseph Bcrgfeld,
David Ramaley, Sherwood Houeh, all OF
ct. Paul. For two years: H. J. Strouse,
Charles Griswold. St. Paul. For three
years: I. B. Jackeon, J. C. Coskburne,
Minneapolis; c. d. Strong, Robert A.
Smith, St. Paul.
Rev. Morris Hobart who died in Man.
| kato, was buried in the Cannon Falls GENE.
| terry, under tho auspices OF tho masonic
fraternity.
Maj. Newson, chairman OF the committee
on Minnesota newspaper statistics, of tho
| Minnesota Editors and Publishers' associ.
alton, has issued what he terms his 'last
CALI Fer somo time he has been trying
to induce the editors OF the state to give
that they may be preserved in history. OF
825 editors twice notified only 9S have re-
sponded.
| Peter Schroeder OF Perham was brought
before United States Commissioner Tilot-
son, at Moorehead charged with selling
beer at wholesale without government
license. He was held in $3.50 to appear
Mt the October term Of the United States
district court at st. Paul. Heis n wealthy
brewer.
Rev. Benjamin Welles, who had been the
pastor OF Presbyterian congregations at
harrington and White Bear Lake, and for
four years superintendent of schools OF
Ramsey county, died in Redwood Falls in
the SEVENTEEN year Of his age.
At Duluth, NJ. Mclean, bookkeeper for
Beriah Magoffin 4 Co., real estate agents,
disappeared few days ago. 1t is stated
that he presented a check for $3.50 on the
Duluth National bank. purporting to be
signed by the firm and payable to himself,
on which no received the money and which
the firm claims is a forgery.
| At Anoka, a military company has been
organized from the ranks of the Sons OF
| ScLcEttuos ~ ldbk0E WIS eI0CCeU Cap
tain, NJ. H. Kline first lieutenant and l..
]. Greenwald second lieutenant.
| A large audience saw ohm p. Glow easily
do Tom Hinch at Theatre Comique, Mime.
apolis.
Elizabeth Maisch of Moorhead aged six
ty-five years, was adjudged inbans and
taken to the insane asylum at St. Peter.
| Austin is to I've bonded for water works.
The appropriation was carried by vote
OF 1877 to SO. The plan is for system OF
wells for drinking purposes and the river
connection with fires. Tho estimated
cost is from $25, 900 to $40, 900.
| Anoka makes q generous offer for the
| Soldiers Home.
G. D. Stoddard was recently murdered
at his home in Oregon by one OF his neigh
bors. His murderer in endeavoring to
| evade arrest, was shot by the sheriff. Mr..
Stoddard removed twelve years ago from
Rosemount. Dakota county, to Rcnvills
| county, and four years ago went to Ore
gon.